Aug 2000Jul 2002

Lecturer, English as a Second Language

In this medium-sized university, I taught English for Academic Purposes in the University General Requirements Unit, established to help first-year college students meet the language and literacy demands of a predominantly English setting.

I developed course materials, lesson plans, assessment, and supplemental materials for English as a Second Language courses.

I created computer-assisted language learning activities for use in weekly language lab class sessions.

Summary

Evoking, in both teachers and learners, the productive “Aha!”

In a variety of educational settings over the past ten years, I have shown myself adept at evoking students’ and teachers’ “Aha!”—toward productive, enthusiastic new learning—in the following roles and through these key tasks, among others:

Specialist, instructional design/technology support

· Design and teach online/hybrid courses using WebCT/ULearn

· Provide technical support to colleagues who are teaching online with WebCT/ULearn

· Support students in application of Web 2.0 tools

· Develop online course templates for hybrid courses

In Summer 2010, I will complete the Education Specialist degree in instructional technology.

Teaching strategist

· Provide strategies and solutions to improve new teachers’ performance

· Encourage dialogue and provide feedback to help new teachers improve their performance and instruction

· Coordinate recruitment and admission of applicants to a teacher training program

Consultant, instructional design

· Developed and designed the curriculum, instructional modules, materials, and assessment tools for Work-Based Learning Coordinator teacher endorsement program and for Culinary Arts Education teacher endorsement program

Workshops (a representative sampling)

“Reading Across the Curriculum,” In-Service teacher development training, Meadowcreek High School, Gwinnett County Schools, March, 2008.

“Effective Instructional Strategies for Teaching Business Courses to Students Whose Primary Language Is Not English,” National Business Education Association Conference, New York, New York, April, 2007.

“New Trade and Industrial Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Formal versus Informal Learning and Transfer of Learning,” American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, California, April 2006, co-presenter with J. Burns.